IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 39 - YOUNGEST GOAL SCORER


Picture : Gareth Bale in 2006.


Youngest goal-scorer (including qualification): Gareth Bale

The Welshman Gareth Bale is the youngest goal-scorer in European Championship history, counting qualifiers and final tournaments. In 2006, he scored a goal in the qualifying match against Slovakia at the age of 17 years 83 days.
So far in the history of the competition, there have been 4 cases when goals were scored by players under the age of 18.


 YOUNGEST GOAL-SCORERS(INCLUDINGQUALIFICATION) 
      
 PlayerCountryAge (Y-D)GameDate
1Gareth BaleWales 17-083Slovakia (1:5)07/10/2006
2Levan MchedlidzeGeorgia17-207Scotland (2:0)17/10/2007
3Ben Sahar Israel 17-230Estonia (4:0)28/03/2007
4Wayne RooneyEngland 17-317North Macedonia (2:1)06/09/2003